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Retired archbishop removed from public ministry after abuse allegation

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

The retired Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been removed from public ministry and faces further punishment over a "credible" allegation that he sexually abused a teenager while a priest in New York more than 40 years ago.

WATCH: Trump says he’ll be ‘signing something’ on detained children

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has drafted an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together after they are detained crossing the border illegally.

Methodists, prosecutors scold Sessions over border policy

By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press

Members of Jeff Sessions' church signed a letter Monday accusing Sessions of child abuse, immorality and racial discrimination.

No clear plan yet on how to reunite parents with children

By Nomaan Merchant, Colleen Long, Associated Press

Trump administration officials say they have no clear plan yet on how to reunite the thousands of children separated from their families at the border.

WATCH: House GOP leaders hold news conference amid family separation uproar

By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Associated Press

House GOP leaders are holding a news conference at 10 a.m. ET as outrage builds over family separations at the southern border. Watch it live.

AMA calls for an end to border separations

By Associated Press

The largest U.S. doctors' group is urging the Trump administration to end promptly the practice of separating children from their migrating families at the southern border.

Canadian senate passes weed bill but legalization delayed

By Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Canada's Senate gave final passage Tuesday to the federal government's bill to legalize cannabis.

McCain, Coons urge Trump to withdraw State Department nominee over stance on immigrants

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons called on President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday to withdraw its nominee for a key State Department position over his "lack of empathy" for immigrants.

Migrant mother recounts experience of being separated from her son in detention

By Gene Johnson, Manuel Valdes, Associated Press

As Blanca Orantes-Lopez sits in a federal prison south of Seattle, her son is in custody at a children's home across the country in upstate New York. She has no idea when she might see him again.

UN reports 68.5 million people displaced worldwide in 2017

By Michael Rios

Violence, war and other forms of persecution forced a record 68.5 million people to flee their homes in 2017, according to a new report released Tuesday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.